Grammar parses for passage 9.14.3
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αὐτοῖς γίνεται μάντευμα τοιόνδε· Λεῦκτρά τέ μοι σκιόεντα μέλει καὶ Ἀλήσιον οὖδας, καί μοι τὼ Σκεδάσου μέλετον δυσπενθέε κούρα.
The quoted oracle is syntactically paratactic after γίνεται μάντευμα τοιόνδε; within the quote, μέλει and μέλετον each take neuter subjects with dative person-reference.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | αὐτοῖς | αὐτός | PRON | Pp-3p---d- | Case=Dative|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 2 γίνεται | iobj | high | Dative plural, indirect object of γίνεται. |
| 2 | γίνεται | γίγνομαι | VERB | Vmip3s--i- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main verb of the first clause. |
| 3 | μάντευμα | μάντευμα | NOUN | N-s---nn- | Case=Nominative|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 2 γίνεται | nsubj | high | Nominative subject of γίνεται. |
| 4 | τοιόνδε | τοιοῦτος | ADJ | Pd-s---na- | Case=Accusative|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 3 μάντευμα | amod | medium | Likely agreeing with μάντευμα as an attributive demonstrative, though form is also possible as predicative/adverbial nuance. |
| 5 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 2 γίνεται | punct | high | Sentence-level punctuation. |
| 6 | Λεῦκτρά | Λεῦκτρα | PROPN | Ne-p---na- | Case=Accusative|Gender=Neut|Number=Plur | 10 μέλει | nsubj | medium | Neuter plural place-name functioning as subject of μέλει. |
| 7 | τέ | τε | PART | G-------- | _ | 6 Λεῦκτρά | advmod | high | Enclitic connective particle. |
| 8 | μοι | ἐγώ | PRON | Pp1s---d- | Case=Dative|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 10 μέλει | iobj | high | Dative of reference with μέλει. |
| 9 | σκιόεντα | σκιόεις | ADJ | A-s---na- | Case=Accusative|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 6 Λεῦκτρά | amod | medium | Likely modifying Λεῦκτρα as descriptive epithet, though case/form is unusual if read strictly. |
| 10 | μέλει | μέλω | VERB | Vmip3s--i- | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|Voice=Act | 2 γίνεται | parataxis | high | Introduces quoted oracle content; syntactically parallel to the first clause. |
| 11 | καὶ | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 12 Ἀλήσιον | cc | high | Coordinating conjunction. |
| 12 | Ἀλήσιον | Ἀλήσιον | PROPN | Ne-s---na- | Case=Accusative|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 10 μέλει | nsubj | medium | Probably another neuter place-name subject of μέλει. |
| 13 | οὖδας | οὖδας | NOUN | N-s---na- | Case=Accusative|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 12 Ἀλήσιον | flat | medium | Appositive or explanatory noun with Ἀλήσιον; morphology suggests neuter accusative singular. |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 10 μέλει | punct | high | Comma punctuation. |
| 15 | καί | καί | CCONJ | C-------- | _ | 19 μέλετον | cc | high | Coordinating conjunction. |
| 16 | μοι | ἐγώ | PRON | Pp1s---d- | Case=Dative|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs | 19 μέλετον | iobj | high | Dative of reference with μέλετον. |
| 17 | τὼ | ὁ | DET | Dd-d---na- | Case=Accusative|Gender=Neut|Number=Dual|PronType=Art | 18 Σκεδάσου | det | high | Definite article with dual noun. |
| 18 | Σκεδάσου | Σκεδάσω | PROPN | Ne-s---ng- | Case=Genitive|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 19 μέλετον | nmod | low | Uncertain proper-name analysis; appears genitive dependent of μέλετον, but surface form is problematic. |
| 19 | μέλετον | μέλω | VERB | Vmia3d--i- | Mood=Ind|Number=Dual|Person=3|Tense=Aor|Voice=Act | 10 μέλει | conj | high | Dual verb coordinated with μέλει. |
| 20 | δυσπενθέε | δυσπενθέης | ADJ | A-s---vv- | Case=Vocative|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 21 κούρα | amod | medium | Vocative adjective modifying κούρα. |
| 21 | κούρα | κούρη | NOUN | N-s---fv- | Case=Vocative|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 19 μέλετον | vocative | high | Vocative addressed in the oracle. |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 2 γίνεται | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |
ἔνθα μάχη πολύδακρυς ἐπέρχεται· οὐδέ τις αὐτήν φράσσεται ἀνθρώπων, πρὶν κούριον ἀγλαὸν ἥβην Δωριέες ὀλέσωσʼ, ὅταν αἴσιμον ἦμαρ ἐπέλθῃ.
The syntax is a chain of a main clause followed by two temporal subclauses (πρίν, ὅταν); φράσσεται is treated as a future passive in sense, though the form is morphologically middle/passive.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ἔνθα | ἔνθα | ADV | _ | _ | 4 ἐπέρχεται | advmod | high | Locative adverb, sentence adverbial. |
| 2 | μάχη | μάχη | NOUN | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 4 ἐπέρχεται | nsubj | high | Subject of ἐπέρχεται. |
| 3 | πολύδακρυς | πολύδακρυς | ADJ | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 2 μάχη | amod | high | Attributive adjective modifying μάχη. |
| 4 | ἐπέρχεται | ἐπέρχομαι | VERB | _ | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 0 ROOT | root | high | Main clause verb. |
| 5 | · | · | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 ἐπέρχεται | punct | high | Sentence punctuation. |
| 6 | οὐδέ | οὐδέ | CCONJ | _ | _ | 9 φράσσεται | cc | medium | Negative connective introducing the second clause. |
| 7 | τις | τις | PRON | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Com|Number=Sing | 9 φράσσεται | nsubj | high | Indefinite pronoun subject of φράσσεται. |
| 8 | αὐτήν | αὐτός | PRON | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3 | 9 φράσσεται | obj | high | Direct object of φράσσεται. |
| 9 | φράσσεται | φράζω | VERB | _ | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Fut|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Mid | 4 ἐπέρχεται | conj | medium | Future middle/passive form; here construed as future passive in sense. |
| 10 | ἀνθρώπων | ἄνθρωπος | NOUN | _ | Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 9 φράσσεται | nmod | high | Partitive/genitive dependent of τις. |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 9 φράσσεται | punct | high | Comma punctuation. |
| 12 | πρὶν | πρίν | SCONJ | _ | _ | 17 ὀλέσωσʼ | mark | high | Subordinating conjunction introducing temporal clause. |
| 13 | κούριον | κούριος | ADJ | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 15 ἥβην | amod | high | Attributive adjective modifying ἥβην. |
| 14 | ἀγλαὸν | ἀγλαός | ADJ | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 15 ἥβην | amod | high | Attributive adjective modifying ἥβην. |
| 15 | ἥβην | ἥβη | NOUN | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 17 ὀλέσωσʼ | obj | high | Object of ὀλέσωσʼ. |
| 16 | Δωριέες | Δωριεύς | PROPN | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Plur | 17 ὀλέσωσʼ | nsubj | high | Subject of ὀλέσωσʼ. |
| 17 | ὀλέσωσʼ | ὄλλυμι | VERB | _ | Mood=Sub|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 9 φράσσεται | advcl | high | Aorist subjunctive in πρίν-clause. |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 17 ὀλέσωσʼ | punct | high | Comma punctuation. |
| 19 | ὅταν | ὅταν | SCONJ | _ | _ | 22 ἐπέλθῃ | mark | high | Subordinating conjunction introducing temporal clause. |
| 20 | αἴσιμον | αἴσιμος | ADJ | _ | Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 21 ἦμαρ | amod | high | Attributive adjective modifying ἦμαρ. |
| 21 | ἦμαρ | ἦμαρ | NOUN | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing | 22 ἐπέλθῃ | nsubj | high | Subject of ἐπέλθῃ. |
| 22 | ἐπέλθῃ | ἐπέρχομαι | VERB | _ | Mood=Sub|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Aor|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 17 ὀλέσωσʼ | advcl | medium | Subjunctive temporal clause dependent on ὀλέσωσʼ. |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 4 ἐπέρχεται | punct | high | Sentence punctuation. |
τουτάκι δʼ ἔστι Κερησσὸς ἁλώσιμος, ἄλλοτε δʼ οὐχί.
First clause is an existential/copuIar statement; second is an elliptical contrastive clause headed by οὐχί with ἄλλοτε.
| # | Form | Lemma | UPOS | XPOS | Features | Head | DepRel | Conf. | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | τουτάκι | τουτάκι | ADV | _ | _ | 3 ἔστι | advmod | high | Deictic adverb modifying ἔστι. |
| 2 | δʼ | δέ | CCONJ | _ | _ | 3 ἔστι | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 3 | ἔστι | εἰμί | VERB | V-PAI-3S | Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin|Voice=Act | 0 ROOT | root | high | Copular/existential verb as clause root. |
| 4 | Κερησσὸς | Κερησσός | PROPN | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 3 ἔστι | nsubj | medium | Likely nominative subject of ἔστι; proper name. |
| 5 | ἁλώσιμος | ἁλώσιμος | ADJ | _ | Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing | 4 Κερησσὸς | amod | high | Predicate/adjectival modifier agreeing with Κερησσός. |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 ἔστι | punct | high | Comma punctuation. |
| 7 | ἄλλοτε | ἄλλοτε | ADV | _ | _ | 9 οὐχί | advmod | high | Temporal adverb modifying οὐχί. |
| 8 | δʼ | δέ | CCONJ | _ | _ | 9 οὐχί | cc | high | Postpositive connective. |
| 9 | οὐχί | οὐχί | ADV | _ | _ | 3 ἔστι | advmod | medium | Elliptic contrasting clause; analyzed as adverbial negation with implied predicate. |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | _ | 3 ἔστι | punct | high | Sentence-final punctuation. |